Tag: transom

Smaller Transom

I decided to try adding a border around the old smaller transom window. I made a piece of backer glass that fits the space and centered the old transom insert on it, then cut some matching pink and green glass to fit around the edge. The below photo is before I glued the border glass down.

Adding border to stained glass transom window
Laying out the border

Unfortunately I just realized that I forgot to glue the backer glass to the old transom, so there will be some tricky adjustments once the border glass adhesive cures. With three layers of glass, it’s pretty hefty.

Finished my first transom in resin

Stained glass mounted on plain clear glass, set in resin with clear glass chips in the background. It required a lot of “tending” when I poured the resin because it had no frame to keep the resin from dripping over the sides.  Basically I had to hang around while the resin set and periodically sponge the drips off of the bottom. I watched some videos on YouTube where some people put tape on the underside and others just used a razor blade to shave the drips off after it set, but I found this to be effective, as well. Now it is installed in a transom window.

Cutting pieces for the next project

I want to revisit a “quilt of glass” piece I did with grout for some friends several years ago, but using resin instead of the grout. I like how the resin lets light through. It requires lots of squares……… This is using some Spectrum iridized blue stained glass in one of my favorite shades and some dichroic glass I have.